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FTA announces $1.7B for 130 transit projects; nearly half for zero-emission models

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Many of the grant recipients have pledged to buy standardized buses and vans and avoid customization, which will result in faster delivery and lower costs. This is the second bus grant package funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which has now invested more than $3.3 Iowa City, Iowa will receive nearly $23.3

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Alaska Air Group collaborating with ZeroAvia to develop hydrogen powertrain for 76-seat zero-emission aircraft

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Alaska is also joining the list of top investors for the company, alongside a fellow Seattle-based Amazon Climate Pledge Fund and Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy Ventures. ZeroAvia will set up a location in the Seattle area to support this initiative. Earlier post.).

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King County Metro Transit to purchase 120 battery-electric buses by 2020, 73 from Proterra

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Metro serves Seattle and the rest of King County. Maintenance costs of all-electric buses are expected to decline versus hybrid-diesels, primarily because they have fewer moving parts. As part of this commitment, Metro will purchase up to 73 battery buses from Burlingame, Calif.-based based Proterra. million to $6.6

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced $55 million in grant selections through the Low or No Emission (Low-No) Vehicle program, which funds the development of transit buses and infrastructure that use advanced fuel technologies. Fifty-one projects in 39 states will receive a share of the funding.

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Airlines Hoping for More Boeing Jets Could Be Waiting Awhile

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a major Boeing production hub north of Seattle. s announcement on Wednesday, it also approved inspection and maintenance procedures for the Max 9. In addition to increased supply-chain issues, Mr. Handshoe said, new labor agreements grant pilots, flight attendants, mechanics and other workers big raises. As part of the F.A.A.’s

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

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There’s ease of operations, ease of maintenance benefits. Grant Transit, which is in Moses Lake, Washington. We did a ribbon cutting for Kitsap Transit, which is right across from Seattle. Charged : I suppose maintenance is also less than with a wired system? Our maintenance schedule is minuscule.